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TORONTO, April 20, 2015 /CNW/ - The Ontario Court of Appeal has reversed a lower court ruling regarding a Renewal Energy Approval of the 9 turbine Ostrander Point industrial wind project. The decision reinstates the key initial finding of the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) that serious and irreversible harm to threatened Blanding's Turtles will occur if the project operates as approved. "We're very pleased. The court has ruled in favour of protecting the environment, which is what we've asked for throughout" said Myrna Wood of the successful appellant Prince Edward County Field Naturalists. "The decision is undoubtedly important" said Eric Gillespie, its legal counsel. "This is the first renewable energy case to reach the Court of Appeal. The Court has supported our client's fundamental concerns and affirmed a number of legal principles that clearly will be relevant to other appeals." The question of remedy has been directed back to the ERT.